Friday, October 07, 2011

The wonder stuff that could change the world: Graphene is so strong a sheet of it as thin as clingfilm could support an elephant

It is tougher than diamond, but stretches like rubber. It is virtually invisible, conducts electricity and heat better than any copper wire and weighs next to nothing. Meet graphene — an astonishing new material which could revolutionise almost every part of our lives.

Some researchers claim it’s the most important substance to be created since the first synthetic plastic more than 100 years ago .... Read more at http://www.dailymail.co.uk